Wall construction.



Patented Feb 25, 1913 2 SHLLTPBHBET 1 H H HAHN WALL CONSTRUCTION. APPLIoAmIoN FILED ren. 5, 1910.

H. H. HAHN. WALL CONSTRUCTION. A'PPLIOATION FILED PEB. 5, 1910.

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i UNITED4 sTArEs interieur OFFICE, @ovl y ,y i Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed llebruary 5, 1910. Serial No. 542,306.

, HOWARD HQ HAHN, oF KENosHA, WISCONSIN. Igl

WALL CONSTRUCTION.

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construction for houses and other structures. 10"

It relates more particularly to walls builtI of masonry. y

'In practising my invention l lirst erect a frame of wood or other suitable material. Then I inelose the -frame with a wall huilt'o'f blocks or tiles laid either loosely or with mortar. These blocks or tiles have recesses in their sides where they are joined vertically, which form `vertical openings extend- 'ing from the top to the bottoni of the wall.

llreferably, these. openings which are torlned between the vertical columns of blocks or tiles are closed at their inner sides by the studifling ot' the iframe. 'lhen when t-he wall is up, l pour wet concrete or cement down the said openings, until they are entirely filled. and when this` hardens the blocks or tiles are. held firmly together. Each inelosed column o'l concrete or cement forms ake'y for locking the blocks or tiles against displacement. rlhus the eonerete'or "cement is handled witholit the use o't molds "of any lkind wlmtsoever, as the spaces or openings formed by the wall and frame are sufficient for this purpose; lleretofore. tht` building of walls by pouring concrete or ce ment has always involved the use ol molds. Thus, with my improved construction and method a einisiderable saving is accom plished.` Furthermore, the )vail can he con sti-acted' without the use ol' certain skilled labor which was heretofore necessary for At'ter the wall is tull'v constructed, then l plaster it inside on the studding, in the ordinary manner. A eoat of plaster or cement can also he applied to the outer surface of the wall. For use in buildin"- a wall in this way. and as a matter of furticr improvement, l provide a spe cially formed block or tile. which can be made of either eei'nent or some baked or tired material, such as brick are made ci, and which are formed with particular reference to the rumiing 'br pouring ofthe concrete orl vthe blocks or tiling tirmly together.

cement keys by which they,` areloeked together. 'lhe nature and advantages of my invention will, however,` hereinafter morefully appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an outside view of a Jfragment ot a Vall involving t'he principles ot' my invention, showing a window therein, and havin(T a portion of the outside plaster stripped ci? to show the blocks or tiles. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 2--2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 2l is a horizontal sectional view showing the method of constructing a door-way in the said wall. Fig. 4t is a perspective o't one of the blocks or tiles used in the body of the wall. Fig. 5 is a similar view ot the blocks or tiles used at the corners.

As thus illustrated, the frame oi' the house is lirst. erected, having the ordinary studding A, which latter are vertical and spaced apart in the ordinary manner. The window frames 'B and the door frames C are set into the studding in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2l. Then the, yblocks or tiles D for the sides, and the blocks or tiles E for the cor hers. are. laid one ou top of the other be tween the, studding. Each block or tile D has a fiat iront and sides LZ', whiehlatter have vertical recesses d therein. The front edges of said sides may have inwardly projecting ribs d, as shown. ',lhe corner blocks or tiles have 't'ront walls e which meet at right angles. The sides c are formed externally with vertical channels e2 and internally with ribs e which project'. inwardly. 'lhe blocks or tiles D are set in such inanner that the studdinef A is between the sides il', and so that the recesses or vertical ehannels 'f form 'I'ully inelosed openings 1. The eorner blocks Vor tiles 1C are set in such Inanner that their channels e2 are engaged by the ribs d on the adjacent. blocks or tiles D. In this way a larger and irregularly shaped vertical opening Q is :tormed at the corner of the wall. Wet concrete or cement is then poured into tht,` tops ot these openings 1 and 2, with the result that vertical columns or keys are 'tormed which extend from the bottom to the top of the wall. These keys lock This is all done easily and without the use of skilled labor. Afterward the stucldin ca n be plastered ou the inside, as shown at ,u1

i molds are necessary, as the blocks or tiles,

in conjunction with the studding, form' spaces which fully inclose the concrete or cement. The blocks or tiles D. can be `made either with or without the'ribs da," but if used they help to lock the vertical columns together'. If the ribs Z3 are not used,'the keysH will be of thesame shape and formation, but will not have the outer groove in which said ribs engage. Any suitable kind of cementitious material may be used, such as Portland or natural cement, concrete or the like. rlhe blocks or tiles can be laid one on top of the other, or in any suitable manner, so as to break joint, or otherwise, as lmay be desired, and either loosely or with mortar, as may be found most desirable for any particular case. y

It will be understood, of course, that I do not limit myself to the building of a wall to its ultimate height before the keys are run in. The wall may be built to the desired height, and the keys of cement or-concrete then run in, andfthis operation can be repeated until the Wallis of the height desiredfor the size of the building, or for any other purpose. v'In other words, the Wall can be builtin sections or stages, one on top of the other, in the manner described.

As shown in Fig. .1, the blocks or tiles l) are arranged to break joint-that is to say, the joints between the blocks or tiles of one .column are intermediate the joints between the blocks or tiles of the colunms at each side thereof, so that lthe wall is, in one sense, composed of vertical courses, which courses are laid insuch manner that the blocks or tiles of one course break joint with those of adjacent courses, In this way the strength' of the cement or concretel keys is materially increased.

What I claim as my inyention is: ,1. A wall construction `"`comprising up- 'ight Aframe members, blocks or tiles laid up against said members, with a space running up and down one side of each member, each space being closed at three sides by the said blocks or tiles', and at one side by a frame member, cement filling said spaces and forming enlargements of said members, and

means-secured directly to said members to i form a surface for the wall.

2,. A Wall construction comprisingI a frame of woodstudding, `blocks or tiles laid up in contact with said studding, with a Vertical spacel runningup and down the outer edge of each piece of studding, each space being closed at three sides y the blocks or tiles, and at the innerside by a vtrame men'iber, cement filling said spaces and forming enlargements ofthe studding, andmeans scoured directly to the said studdin-g to form a surface for the wall. j 3. A wall construction comprising blocks or tiles laid up' with ifertical spaces, a frame with vertical members, each member closing one side of one of said spaces, whereby each space extends up and down one of the frame members, leaving said members exposed at one side, and filling for said spaces, each lillind engaging two columns of the blocks or tiles and forming an enlargement of a frame member.

4. A wall construction comprising up! .right frame members, blocks or tiles laid up against said members, with a space running up and down one side of each membeneach space being closed at three sides by the said blocks or tiles, and at' one side by a frame member, cement filling said spaces and forming enlargements of said members, and means secured directly to said members to form a surface for the wall, each block or tile being open .at the rear thereof, and having flanges which engage the fra-me and fillingL '5. A -w'all construction comprising a frame of wood studding, blocks or tiles laid up in contact with said studding, with a vertical space running up and down the outer edge of each-piece of studding, each space being closed at three sides by the blocksor tiles, and at the inner side by a frame member, cement filling said `spaces and forming enlargements of the studding, and means secured directls7 to the said stud ding to form a surface for the Wall, each block or tile beingionen at the rear thereof, and having flanges which engage the frame and filling.

6. A Wall construction comprising blocks or tiles laid up with vertical spaces, a frame 7. A Wall construction comprising upf right frame members, blocks or tiles laid up against said members, with a spaceirunning up and down one side of-eaeh member, each.

space being-closed at three sides by the said4 A blocks or tiles, and at one side b'y' a .tramer .memher, cement filling said spaces and forming enlargements of seid members, :md means secured directly to said members ro form a surface for the wall, each sil-.ice heing Wider et the front than nl; the rearH thereof, and each block or tile having :L front thickness extending hnl'f wily across the hice of the filling, whereby the vertical edges ol seid blocks or tile meet nl. the Afrontv ol euch filling.

8. A wall conslruclion :e1il} i'isilxg e frame of wood stnclding, blocks or tiles luid up in contact with said stndding, with a vertical space running up :md down he enter edge of euch piece of stndding, each space being` closed :it three sides by the blocks or tiles, und :it the innenl side by :i frame member, -eernenl` filling smid spaces nncl'forn'lng-enhlrgemenls olE the stndding..

:1nd ineens Secured directly lathe said studdmg to form :i s'rfiiee lor the wall, euch space being w1de1' ab'the lront than nl the Arear thereof, und each block or tile having :i

front thickness extending half wny ucl-oss the face of the filling, whereby the vertical block or tile lniving n front thickness ex-v tending half way across the face of the filling. whereby the vertical edges of said blocks or tiles meet at the front of each lilling. I Signed by me :it Chinmgo, lllinois, this 1st day of 'Febrnnr 1010.

IOW'VARD H. HAHN. Witnesses:

lVM. B. DARWIN, J. Noem. 

